Straight Shot
{{Short description|2007 public artwork in Seattle, Washington, U.S.}}
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| other_title_1 = "Linehenge"
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| image = Straight Shot obelisk 08.jpg
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| alt = Dark stone obelisks in Magnuson Park, part of an art installation called Straight Shot
| caption = Southern end of the installation, 2018
| artist = Perri Lynch
| year = {{start date|2007}}
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| medium = Limestone
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| subject = Surveying
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| city = Seattle, Washington, U.S.
| coordinates = {{coord|47|40|26.20299|N|122|15|06.20661|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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| website = {{URL|sandpointbaseline.blogspot.com}}
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Straight Shot is a 2007 public art work at the Sand Point calibration baseline in Magnuson Park, Seattle. It was created by Seattle artist Perri Lynch, and funded by the City of Seattle's 1% for Art program, Trimble and the Washington Surveyors Association. The baseline at Sand Point predates the development of Magnuson Park, and was originally at the western edge of the Navy's Naval Air Station Seattle runway at the location.{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattlemag.com/article/magnuson-parks-13-million-makeover|title=Magnuson Park's $13 Million Makeover|date=17 October 2012}} The artwork was created in part to illustrate the importance of the baseline to surveyors and to preserve the baseline – "in peril of being destroyed" – as a part of the park.{{sfn | Williams | 2017 | pp=158-160}} The work has been nicknamed "Linehenge" by surveyors.
Physical description
File:Sand Point Calibration Baseline zero point.jpg
The piece consists of twelve dark limestone obelisks with cylindrical boreholes aligned with one another, adjacent to and following the path of the 1-kilometer baseline starting at the Lake Washington shoreline at {{coord|47|40|26.20299|N|122|15|06.20661|W|type:landmark|display=inline}},[https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=AI3598 SAND POINT CBL 0 datasheet], NOAA and ending at the park's northern edge {{coord|47|40|59.73768|N|122|15|16.62911|W|type:landmark|display=inline}}.[https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=AI4240 SAND POINT CBL 1058 datasheet], NOAA
Artist
Perri Lynch went to Marblehead High School in Massachusetts, and has undergraduate degrees from The Evergreen State College in Olympia and the University of Washington in Seattle, and a 2001 Master of Fine Arts from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. She was a 2009 Fulbright Scholar.{{citation|title=Artist of the Week|newspaper=The MetroWest Daily News| location=Framingham, Mass.|author=Charlene Peters |date=May 14, 2009 |url=https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/x529241145/Artist-of-the-Week}}{{citation|publisher=Artist Trust|title=Award Winners / Artist Profile: Perri Lynch, 2004 Grants for Artist Projects and 2006 Fellowship|url=https://artisttrust.org/index.php/award-winners/artist-profile/perri_lynch|access-date=2018-09-20}}{{citation|title=Fulbright scholar list archive|publisher=United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs|year=2009–2010|url=https://www.cies.org/fulbright-scholar-list-archive|access-date=2018-09-20}}
References
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{{citation|title=Art shot straight through the park|newspaper=The Seattle Times|author=Richard Seven|date=May 30, 2007|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/art-shot-straight-through-the-park/}}
{{citation|title=Report to the Community|publisher=Seattle Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs|chapter=Completed projects|page=31|year=2007|chapter-url=https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/Arts/Downloads/Report-to-the-Community/CommunityReport2007.pdf}}
{{Citation |title=Seattle sculpture dedicated to surveyors
|date=August 2, 2007
|work=Public Works
|publisher = Hanley Wood
|url=https://www.pwmag.com/facilities/grounds-parks-urban-forests/seattle-sculpture-dedicated-to-surveyors_o}}
{{citation|title=The surveying inspired art of Perri Lynch|author=Gavin Schrock|work=The American Surveyor|url=http://www.amerisurv.com/PDF/TheAmericanSurveyor_Schrock-SurveyingArtOfPerriLynch_November2007.pdf|date=November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123061342/http://www.amerisurv.com/PDF/TheAmericanSurveyor_Schrock-SurveyingArtOfPerriLynch_November2007.pdf|archive-date=2016-01-23}}
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=Sources=
- {{cite book | last=Williams | first=David B. | authorlink=David Williams (author) | title=Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the City | publisher=University of Washington Press | year=2017 | isbn=978-0-295-74129-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l1VCDgAAQBAJ | access-date=2018-09-19}}
External links
{{Commons category|Straight Shot}}
- {{Official website |http://sandpointbaseline.blogspot.com}}
- [https://seattlechannel.org/seattles-public-art?videoid=x26580 Seattle`s Public Art: Perri Lynch, Straight Shot], Seattle Channel (June 26, 2007)
- [https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CBLINES/BASELINES/wa Washington baselines], NOAA
- [https://www.publicartarchive.org/art/Straight-Shot ]
{{Public art in Seattle}}
Category:2007 establishments in Washington (state)